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Dammit - I will not let this thread die [img]graemlins/crazyeyes.gif[/img] - here's my latest brainfart.....

Far Horizons edited by Robert Silverberg

As I keep wittering on about how anthologies are a good way to get a handle on various writer’s styles and subjects I thought it was about time to review one so here goes………..BRILLIANT. Here’s the basic premise. Silverberg has persuaded some of the greats of modern sci-fi to return to their most memorable creations and contribute new short stories. For example, Anne McCaffery revisits “The Ship Who Sang”, Dan Simmons revisits the “ Hyperion Cantos”, Orson Scott Card - the “Uplift Universe”, Joe Haldeman – the “Forever War”. It’s not to say I totally enjoyed everything (Ursula K. Le Guin still escapes me [img]smile.gif[/img] ). On the whole however, for anyone wanting to dip their toe into the vast sea of modern sf, this cannot be too highly recommended.